Pyopericardium followed by constrictive pericarditis due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

Athanassios Krassas, Timothy Sakellaridis, Michalis Argyriou, Christos Charitos

2nd Cardiac Surgery Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece. athanasekrassas@hotmail.fr

Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 2012 Jun

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Pyopericardium is a rare entity associated with a high mortality. We report a case of a 44-year old man presenting with simultaneous constrictive pericarditis and pyopericardium due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Pericardiectomy and epicardiectomy were performed without cardiopulmonary bypass, with an excellent result.

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Athanassios Krassas, Timothy Sakellaridis, Michalis Argyriou, Christos Charitos. Pyopericardium followed by constrictive pericarditis due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2012 Jun;14(6):875-7